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Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Low Epidural Catheter Placement With Standard Epidural Catheter Placement

NCT01182220 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2016-11-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

1. labor epidural quite often require bolus supplementation for better pain control control. Quite often this is due to sparing of sacral nerves.
2. If epidural is placed low in the L5/S1 interspace using ultrasound, this may minimize bolus requirement and improve patient labor experience.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • TARIQ MALIK, MD · University of Chicago

  • Mohammed Minhaj, MD · University of Chicago

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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